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Yahoo has denied its 1GB upgrade is in response to Gmail, saying it was to keep in line with what Yahoo users wanted from the company. A Yahoo spokesperson said people are now storing things like photos in their inboxes, which requires a larger capacity. WARM UPS 1. CHAT: Talk in pairs or groups about email / storage space / Yahoo! / Hotmail / Gmail / online advertisements / spam / virus protection / phishing To make things more dynamic, try telling your students they only have one minute (or 2) on each chat topic before changing topics / partners. Change topic / partner frequently to increase conversation. 2. EMAIL BRAINSTORM: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word email. Share your words with your partner / group and talk about them. 3. MY EMAIL HISTORY: Talk to your partner / group about your history with email the first time you used it, the experiences you have had, the number of accounts you set up etc. Use the prompts below in your conversations: email space my daily email routine attachments special email abbreviations and emoticons hates important part of my life free mobile phone spam photos 4. OPINIONS: Talk about these with your partner. Googles Gmail is best its revolutionary. Email should always be free. Email should never include advertising. People who send spam should go to prison for 25 years. Email is dangerous. Voice mail will one day replace email. Our written language skills are going down because of email. I cannot live without email. Spam would disappear if no one clicked on the links in the spam mail. We need 10GB of free space, not 1GB. PRE-READING IDEAS 1. WORD SEARCH: Students look in their dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms of the words storage and space. 2. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the headline and guess whether these sentences are true or false: The war to provide bigger, free email storage is off. T / F Yahoo will triple its inbox space from 250MB to 1 gigabyte. T / F This time last year, Yahoos inbox was just 4MB. T / F Hotmail started the storage war. T / F Googles Gmail was 250 times larger than Yahoos mailbox. T / F Anyone can join Gmail through Googles homepage. T / F Yahoo will start a 1GB service because of Gmail. T / F A Yahoo spokesperson said customers need more space for photos. T / F 3. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article: (a)warraise the stakes(b)storageluring(c)quadruplebattle(d)rivalmemory(e)enticingmeasly(f)paltryup to date(g)up the antecompetitor(h)beefed-upincrease four-fold(i)ahead of the packstrengthened(j)in linein the lead4. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible): (a)The warwith a massive 1GB(b)it will quadrupleis on(c)the third timewith the 1GB providers(d)bigonly (e)enticing the worldits inbox space(f)Hotmail will now needin line with(g)to keep upof the pack(h)stay aheadrival(i)by invitationin the past nine months(j)to keepto increase its storage WHILE READING ACTIVITIES GAP-FILL: Put the missing words under each paragraph into the gaps. Yahoo also to offer 1GB mailbox BNE: The __________ to provide bigger, free email storage is on. Yahoo has just announced it will quadruple its inbox space to 1 gigabyte from April. This is the third time Yahoo has __________ increased its storage space in the past nine months; its inbox was 4 megabytes last summer, and then increased to 100MB, and later to 250MB. Its big __________, Googles Gmail, started the storage war last April by __________ the world with a massive 1GB, which was 250 times bigger than Yahoos __________ 4MB. Microsofts Hotmail will now need to increase its storage, currently at 250MB, to keep up with the 1GB providers. Gmail has so far been in a testing period, but is predicted to __________ the ante by offering a beefed-up 2GB to stay ahead of the pack when it starts offering email accounts through its website. Joining Gmail is still by invitation only. Yahoo has __________ its 1GB upgrade is in response to Gmail, saying it was to __________ in line with what Yahoo users wanted from the company. A Yahoo spokesperson said people are now storing things like photos in their inboxes, which requires a larger capacity. rival paltry keep war enticing up denied greatly 2. TRUE/FALSE: Students check their answers to the T/F exercise. 3. SYNONYMS: Students check their answers to the synonyms exercise. 4. PHRASE MATCH: Students check their answers to the phrase match exercise. 5. QUESTIONS: Students make notes for questions they would like to ask the class about the article. 6. VOCABULARY: Students circle any words they do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find the meanings. POST READING IDEAS 1. GAP-FILL: Check the answers to the gap-fill exercise. 2. QUESTIONS: Students ask the discussion questions they thought of above to their partner / group / class. Pool the questions for all students to share. 3. VOCABULARY: As a class, go over the vocabulary students circled above. 4. STUDENT-GENERATED SURVEY: Pairs/Groups write down 3 questions based on the article. Conduct their surveys alone. Report back to partners to compare answers. Report to other groups / the whole class. 5. STORAGE / SPACE: Students make questions based on their findings from pre-reading activity #1. 6. DISCUSSION: What was interesting in this article? Were you surprised by anything in this article? Which email provider do you use and why? Would you change provider (and address) if they offered 2GB? How important is email to you? What would life be like without email? How often do you write real letters with a pen? Do you prefer receiving real letters (from the post office) or emails? Do you send birthday cards or e-cards? What do you do with spam mail? How angry do you get with spam? Do you ever open attachments? Do you chat online? Have you ever had a phishing mail? Whats the best thing about email? Whats the worst thing about email? Would you prefer voicemail (no need to write, just record your message and send)? Have you ever used Microsofts Messenger or Apples iChat? How about video mail, where a webcam videos your message and then you send it to your friends or bank manager? What are the dangers of email? Do you mind if your mail contains advertising? Teacher / Student additional questions. HOMEWORK 1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Googles search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word. 2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find information on phishing. Share your findings with your class next lesson. 3. MEGAMAIL: Imagine you are boss of YAGOOMAIL, the worlds largest email provider. Create your plan for the best email service ever. Present this in your next class. 4. SPAM LETTER: Write a letter to the boss of a company that sends you 10 spam mails every day. You are very, very, very ANGRY! In your next class, vote on who has the angriest letter. ANSWERS TRUE / FALSE: The war to provide bigger, free email storage is off. F Yahoo will triple its inbox space from 250MB to 1 gigabyte. F This time last year, Yahoos inbox was just 4MB. T Hotmail started the storage war. F Googles Gmail was 250 times larger than Yahoos mailbox. T Anyone can join Gmail through Googles homepage. F Yahoo will start a 1GB service because of Gmail. F (T??!?) A Yahoo spokesperson said customers need more space for photos. T SYNONYM MATCH: (a)warbattle(b)storagememory(c)quadrupleincrease four-fold (d)rivalcompetitor (e)enticingluring (f)paltrymeasly (g)up the anteraise the stakes (h)beefed-upstrengthened(i)ahead of the packin the lead (j)in lineup to date  PHRASE MATCH: (a)The waris on(b)it will quadrupleits inbox space (c)the third timein the past nine months (d)bigrival(e)enticing the worldwith a massive 1GB (f)Hotmail will now needto increase its storage(g)to keep upwith the 1GB providers (h)stay aheadof the pack (i)by invitationonly (j)to keepin line with GAP FILL: Yahoo also to offer 1GB mailbox BNE: The war to provide bigger, free email storage is on. Yahoo has just announced it will quadruple its inbox space to 1 gigabyte from April. This is the third time Yahoo has greatly increased its storage space in the past nine months; its inbox was 4 megabytes last summer, and then increased to 100MB, and later to 250MB. Its big rival, Googles Gmail, started the storage war last April by enticing the world with a massive 1GB, which was 250 times bigger than Yahoos paltry 4MB. Microsofts Hotmail will now need to increase its storage, currently at 250MB, to keep up with the 1GB providers. Gmail has so far been in a testing period, but is predicted to up the ante by offering a beefed-up 2GB to stay ahead of the pack when it starts offering email accounts through its website. Joining Gmail is still by invitation only. Yahoo has denied its 1GB upgrade is in response to Gmail, saying it was to keep in line with what Yahoo users wanted from the company. A Yahoo spokesperson said people are now storing things like photos in their inboxes, which requires a larger capacity. 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